Cuspidor implement.



H. MENZEL'.

CUSPIDOR IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATIQN man FEB. s 191s.

Lmm, Patented May 29,1917.

@WC ne :man 5 Mme/Wto@ HERBERT MENZEL, 0F GERMANIA, WYOMING.

GUSPIDOR IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917..

Application filed February 3, 1916. Serial No. 75,889.

To all whom i?? may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERBERT MENZEL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Germania, in the county of Big Horn and State of lVyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidor Implements, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in moving, manipulating and cleansing cuspidors and the like, and has as its principal object, means whereby an operator may flexibly grasp the body of the cuspidor without stooping or causing the hands to come in contact with the article to be cleansed.

A second object is to provide means applied to the implement whereby a brush may be carried, the same being normally held, when not in actual use, in a compartment which may be further used to contain antiseptic or cleansing solutions in an exceptionally convenient manner.

These and other allied objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a ma.- terial part of this specification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the apparatus, showing its application to an ordinary form of cuspidor.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the implement, the dotted line showing the engaging arms in an extended position.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial sectional view showing an adaptation in which the brush is contained directly in the handle of the implement.

The apparatus consists primarily of a rod or handle 10, the upper portion 11 of which is suited to be received directly in the hand of an operator, while to the lower end 12 are connected a pair of spring arms 14, adapted to encircle any of the ordinary forms of cuspidors or similar vessels 15, and held normally in a closed condition by virtue of the spring 16.

These arms are actuated by means of a flexible cable 17 attached as indicated to the spring arms 14 at the points 18 thence passing upward through guides 19 and 20, the latter being placed high up upon the handle Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the rod 10 and provided with an operating knob 22. Upon pulling the knob 22, the cable, of which there are two branches 17 and 17, causes the resilient arms 14: to separate to an extent sufficient to encircle the narrow part of the cuspidor and grasp it in such man* ner that the same can be raised and transported as may be desired.

Attached to the rod 10 by clamp clips 25 is a hollow cylindrical container 26 adapted to receive the brush 27, having the operating handle 2S, by the use of which the interior of the cuspidor may be reached and cleansed of any sedimentation or detritus that may be therein. The container 26 is preferably open at the upper end but liquid tight at the bottom, so that any preferred antiseptic solution may be contained therein or a fluid cleansing solution as may be desired.

In the adaptation shown in Fig. 4:, the rod 10 terminates below the handle portion and has secured to it a hollow container 30 for holding the brush 27, the handle 28 of which, or the enlarged portion 30, may be used in controlling the implement which in all other respects is as before described.

The operation of the implement will be obvious from the foregoing' and an inspection of the drawings herewith annexed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the class described, the combination with a rigid handle bar, of a pair of resilient arms adapted to completely sure round the body of a vessel, said arms being hingedly engaged to said handle bar at one end thereof, a. helical spring connecting directly between said arms near the joint thereof adapted to hold the same in a normally closed position, a flexible cord engaged with each of said arms at a point beyond said spring, said cords being united and extending alongside of said handle bar, and an operating means combined with said cord near the opposite end of said handle bar.

Signed at Germania in the county of Big Horn and State of Wyoming.

HERBERT MENZEL. Witnesses:

EMIL WERBnLow, HERMAN AHLGRIN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

